Tom Clarke

Was Grace Gifford pregnant when she wed Joseph Plunkett in 1916?

New documentary suggests couple’s hasty marriage may have been to ward off scandal

Wed May 18 2022 - 21:46

Important Irish art works on show at Paris exhibition

Sales mark centenary of the 1922 World Congress of the Irish Race

Sat May 14 2022 - 06:00

House Conversion – Frank McNally on James Joyce and the Dublin Vigilance Committee

An Irishman’s Diary

Fri Apr 01 2022 - 11:59

Letter showing how Arthur Griffith foresaw his death made public

New exhibition tells personal story of four key figures in the Irish revolution

Mon Jan 17 2022 - 07:42

HGV ban for Strand Road in Dublin suburb Sandymount

No lorries using the road had permits, according to Dublin City Council

Thu Jan 06 2022 - 06:00

Staging the Treaty: This marathon production will recreate debates a century later

Some 100 years ago TDs made the most important choice in the history of Irish State

Sat Sept 11 2021 - 05:00

Boy who broke elbow falling from bouncy castle awarded €40,000

Rean Jay Cabangal had been attending after-lunch play-around in hotel when he fell

Mon Jul 12 2021 - 13:39

Shoppers out in force and tills ring as stores reopen in Sligo

Mood among traders and the public is one of guarded optimism as people obey rules around outdoor masks and social distancing

Tue Dec 01 2020 - 16:32

Retribution and attribution – An Irishman’s Diary on the assassination of Percival Lea-Wilson and a Caravaggio masterpiece

Sun Jun 14 2020 - 17:01

RIC officer shot dead in revenge for treatment of republican prisoners

The Wexford files: Percival Lea-Wilson was seen by Michael Collins forcing Proclamation signatory Tom Clarke to strip naked

Tue Oct 15 2019 - 00:00

A century on: the Dáil loan that set the State on road to financial sovereignty

Michael Collins began an audacious plan on April 4th, 1919, to appeal to people to fund an underground government

Thu Apr 04 2019 - 12:49

Canaries win thriller against Bristol City to stay on top perch

Championship round-up: Leeds go second with victory over Bolton; Middlesbrough keep up winning momentum

Sat Feb 23 2019 - 17:29

Healthcare in the War of Independence: St Ultan’s children’s hospital

Dublin’s infant mortality rate was abnormally high when two women opened a hospital for infants on Charlemont Street, with £100 and two cots

Mon Jan 21 2019 - 00:00

Shops selling marijuana open in Canada as drug is legalised

Biggest cities including Toronto and Vancouver will have no weed stores for time being

Wed Oct 17 2018 - 15:27

Graham Burke opens league account for Preston in Stoke draw

Former Shamrock Rovers scores his second goal for the club in four days

Sat Aug 18 2018 - 20:24

Impressive Kildare building some real momentum

O’Neill’s men produce best performance of the season to outclass battling Fermanagh

Mon Jul 09 2018 - 06:00

Kildare win as they please to seal their place in the Super 8s

An 11-point interval lead is the platform for a comfortable win over Fermanagh in Navan

Sat Jul 07 2018 - 21:26

Dublin City Council to buy 1916 leader Thomas Clarke’s shop

The Georgian building on Amiens Street, Dublin was Tom Clarke’s home and tobacconist shop

Mon Jul 02 2018 - 00:52

Fermanagh end years of hurt with breakthrough against Armagh

Rory Gallagher’s side take advantage of early red card to earn first win over rivals since 2004

Mon May 21 2018 - 06:00

Fermanagh take advantage of Grimley red card to pull clear of Armagh

Séamus Quigley scores six points in Ulster quarter-final victory

Sat May 19 2018 - 20:57

€60,000 damages claim thrown out as man ‘not in car’ at time of crash

Marathon runner Tomasz Wojciechowski claims neck injured in Phoenix Park collision

Wed May 09 2018 - 15:57

Upcoming auctions tap into national appetite for historic memorabilia

A snuff box belonging to Easter Rising leader Thomas Clarke is up for sale guiding €3,000-€5,000

Sat Apr 21 2018 - 06:00

Championship round-up: Wolves extend lead despite Sunderland draw

Nigel Adkins gets off to winning start as Hull beat Brentford

Sat Dec 09 2017 - 17:52

World war fighters cannot ‘be equated’ with heroes of 1916

Easter Rising leaders would not be satisfied with modern day Ireland, says Sinn Féin MEP

Thu Apr 20 2017 - 16:43

A history of Ireland in 100 great quotes

From ‘Dress suitably, and buy a revolver’ and 'A terrible beauty' to 'We all partied'

Sat Mar 11 2017 - 05:08

Daryl Horgan impresses and grabs an assist for Preston

The former Dundalk and Cork man set up Paul Huntington in 2-0 home win

Sat Jan 14 2017 - 17:35

Distressed man leads to discovery of 23 ‘slaves’ in Meath

Six people arrested after man, believed to be Romanian, fled house to raise alarm

Fri Aug 19 2016 - 21:22

Amhrán na bhFiann author had to sue State for royalties

Peadar Kearney wrote national anthem to steer faithful away form musical hall fare

Wed May 11 2016 - 01:00

Four more executed Rising leaders remembered at Kilmainham

Plunkett, Daly, O’Hanrahan and Willie Pearse all commemorated

Wed May 04 2016 - 18:49

Proclamation ‘superior’ to US declaration of independence

Historian says 1916 document should be read in entirety not judged on individual phrases

Tue May 03 2016 - 21:10

Executed Rising rebels honoured at Kilmainham Gaol

First three killed, Pearse, Clarke and MacDonagh, commemorated on centenary

Tue May 03 2016 - 19:02

East Link bridge renamed after 1916 leader Tom Clarke

Many would consider honouring of Proclamation signatory long overdue, says Higgins

Tue May 03 2016 - 14:54

Rising poem: Patrick Pearse, A Manifesto by Paul Muldoon

A special commission for the centenary of the 1916 Rising

Mon Apr 25 2016 - 01:00

Inside the GPO review: At the centre stage of the action

Fishamble’s diligent, vigorous production pursues a simple question – what makes people do what they do – towards a complicated answer

Fri Apr 01 2016 - 17:22